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2010-05-10 -Obits-

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-05-10 18:27|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 A sad day for SciFi book covers!

Posted by 3dc 2010-05-10 18:47|| 2010-05-10 18:47|| Front Page Top

#2 I had a KZ750 with his polar bears pulling a sleigh airbrushed on the tank. I enjoyed his art.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-05-10 18:59|| 2010-05-10 18:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't he also do a few album covers for Molly Hatchet in the 70's? Oh wow! I just dated myself.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2010-05-10 20:01|| 2010-05-10 20:01|| Front Page Top

#4 That leaves us Julie Bell

Posted by 3dc 2010-05-10 20:03|| 2010-05-10 20:03|| Front Page Top

#5 His signature work often featured bare-chested "sword and sorcery" heroes, helpless women...

That's right, helpless, cowering, women.

N really SFW, especially that last one.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2010-05-10 21:53|| 2010-05-10 21:53|| Front Page Top

#6 S.A.M. - yep, that was him. The one w/the guy and the axe is called "death dealer".

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-05-10 22:17|| 2010-05-10 22:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't forget Julie Bell's husband, Boris Vallejo.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-05-10 22:22|| 2010-05-10 22:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Dang, that's 2 legends today.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2010-05-10 23:03|| 2010-05-10 23:03|| Front Page Top

#9 I think the MOlly Hatchet covers were by Boris. Generally speaking I vastly preferred Frazetta as his illustrations had action while Boris tended to paint fantasy figures that appeared to be posing.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-05-10 23:25|| 2010-05-10 23:25|| Front Page Top

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